Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 35

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – Episode 35

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius Episode 35

Solitude (5)

“Ugh, ahhh! My, my eyes! My eyes!!!”

“Why? Should I splash some more in your eyes?”

“S, stop! Stop it! I said stop!”

“I don’t want to.”

Il-yeong screamed in agony after getting hit in the eyes with Solitude.

Black blood flowed from his eyes, as if he had gone blind.

But just in case, I splashed more of the poison pooled on the floor.

He seemed to be enjoying it immensely.

“Kee-ugh, ahhh!! My body! What have you done to my body!”

He moaned wildly, as if it felt so good.

If I uploaded this scene to social media, it would definitely be rated R.

‘But still, Solitude is really potent.’

I turned my back on the screaming Il-yeong and wiped my hands, which had been submerged in the puddle of Solitude.

My blood vessels bulged, and my flesh peeled, looking similar to burns.

Even though I had achieved “Ten Poisons Immunity,” which prevents ten types of poison from invading my body, I was slowly being poisoned by Solitude.

It seems I lack resistance to poison.

I need to build up my resistance more.

I ignored Il-yeong, who was writhing in pain from the Solitude poisoning. He would surely die on his own at this rate.

“M, my arms are numb! I can’t feel anything!!!”

Il-yeong groped around with his arms, replacing his blinded eyes.

He couldn’t feel anything there.

He had no way of knowing if he was poisoned by a neurotoxin or a paralytic poison, or if his fingertips had corroded.

The same was true for his legs.

He collapsed to the floor, not knowing if the nerves in his legs were paralyzed or melted.

His flailing looked exactly like a frog.

‘He’s going to die soon.’

Il-yeong couldn’t see because his eyes were gone, but he was now flailing towards the swamp of poison. It was clear he would drown, unable to swim.

But he couldn’t die yet.

He had to change his name from Il-yeong to Sim-yeong before he went.

“No……! I, I have to survive and become a key member of the guild…….”

With those words as his last.

Il-yeong completely fell into the puddle of Solitude.

Bubbles rose, and I quickly pulled him out. Fortunately, he wasn’t dead yet and was barely conscious.

Perfect timing.

Bbo-geu-reu-reu—

As Il-yeong foamed at the mouth, I wrapped [Yeol Yang Ji – a magical artifact] around the edge of my hand and struck down.

—Seo-geok!

The cleanly cut front of his pants rolled away, eventually falling into the puddle and slowly corroding, losing its shape.

Surgery complete.

Thanks to cutting it with [Yeol Yang Ji] wrapped around my hand, there was no bleeding. With this, Il-yeong was reborn with the wonderful name of Sim-yeong (Deep Shadow).

I hope his dirty personality is reborn along with his name.

“Haa…… Haa…… You dare cut, cut my thing. Although I’ve been defeated now…….”

He still hasn’t come to his senses.

Peok—!

I kicked him in the chest.

No matter how hard I kicked with my weak body, it wasn’t enough to inflict damage on the trained assassin’s body.

But Sim-yeong’s body, soaked in Solitude, was as soft as if it had been tenderized, and he coughed and spat out blood.

I watched him and put my foot on his chest.

“There won’t be a next time for you, so shut up.”

“Kkeu-eu-eu……!! If you’re going to kill me, just kill me!!”

“Me? Why would I? I’m not going to kill you.”

I smiled slyly and said.

Soaked in poison and with his chest stepped on, Sim-yeong was not allowed to do anything but listen quietly, gasping for breath.

“I’m going to save you. Since you’ve failed anyway, you won’t be able to return to the guild and will definitely come back to my side.”

Just accept it quietly when I save you.

Peok—!

After that, I kicked Sim-yeong without hesitation and put my hand into the puddle and stirred it.

Then, the front of his pants, not yet fully dissolved, popped out.

Fortunately, all the flesh had corroded, so there was no eye terror.

“Now I have to absorb it, but it’s making me feel unnecessarily queasy.”

Ah, disgusting. I rolled up my sleeves and resented Sim-yeong’s flesh.

The puddle of Solitude overflowing from the corpse of the dead Gu [a powerful monster].

As much as it flowed from the one who devoured everything in the dungeon, its depth was similar in scale to a swamp or mudflat.

The bubbling puddle of poison.

I reached out my hand over the puddle without hesitation.

At the same time, I activated the skill.

「Essence Absorption」

I felt like there was a centipede hiding in the puddle.

This was the resentment of Gu hidden in Solitude.

I absorbed the resentment along with the puddle.

[Absorbing the essence contained in ‘Solitude’.]

[Organs have been poisoned by a large amount of Solitude!]

[Immediate treatment is required!]

As the puddle of Solitude shrank, my hand gradually turned black.

The poison was so severe that my blood vessels became mottled and raised, as if they were necrotizing.

There was tremendous pain, but I still couldn’t absorb all the resentment hidden deep in the puddle.

I absorbed the entire puddle.

I didn’t give the resentment a place to hide.

I sucked up all the resentment and essence without leaving anything behind.

[Toxicity has reached the threshold.]

[Adapting to Solitude, acquiring resistance to poison!]

[Skill ‘Ten Poisons Immunity’ is integrated into skill ‘Weak Body Resistance’.]

When a living thing adapts to a certain stimulus.

You must give a stimulus above the threshold.

And I, at least when it comes to poison, have crossed that threshold.

[Congratulations! Skill ‘Weak Body Resistance (F+)’ grows by one level.]

[Weak Body Resistance: F+ → E+]

「Weak Body Resistance」

Rank: E+

Description: A trace of a new organ created by Gu, who was soaked in hundreds of poisons, to create antibodies against poison in real time. It is not an organ in the concept belonging to a specific internal organ or animal group. It can be adapted to a form suitable for all living things and evolves each time it receives a stimulus above the threshold.

*Adaptability

If the stimulus received by a weak body exceeds a certain value, the body adapts based on the ‘threshold’.

*Hundred Poisons Immunity

Has immunity to a hundred kinds of poisons. For a certain level of poison, it can acquire antibodies and immunity in a short time. As a special note, it has immunity to Gu poison, a potent poison that it would not normally be able to withstand.

The skill grew and 「Ten Poisons Immunity」 was integrated into the form of Hundred Poisons Immunity.

The number of skills was reduced by one, but this was better than being cluttered.

‘It has grown from immunity to ten kinds of poison to immunity to a hundred kinds of poison.’

At this point, most poisons won’t work on me.

As evidence, the black skin and complexion began to return to normal.

“……It’s finally over.”

I collapsed to the floor.

My stamina and mana were completely depleted.

I didn’t have the strength to get up anymore, and I didn’t want to get up.

However—

“—Ah, right. That’s left.”

There were still two things left to do.

One is to deliciously cook the fish that took the bait.

The other is to save the guy who is dying from the resistance to Gu poison that has formed in my blood.

Seueuk.

I formed a thin blade with mana at my fingertip, cut my wrist, and brought it to Sim-yeong’s mouth.

“Now, open your mouth.”

I don’t know how much blood I need to feed you to have antibodies against Gu poison.

Should I fill both lungs for now?

Sim-yeong looked up at me with trembling eyes.

Soaked in Gu poison, he couldn’t do anything but tremble, as his limbs, jaw, and tongue were all poisoned.

So, I arbitrarily interpreted Sim-yeong’s intentions based on his trembling.

“Oh my, are you worried about me? Don’t worry.”

I can fill the lack of blood with mana.

The blood flowing in my body now is an extremely acidic liquid containing a hundred kinds of poisons and the yang energy of 「Solar Veins」.

So, don’t hesitate and drink it up.

Maybe…… you won’t die.

Right?

* * *

Outside the dungeon, ‘Efnell’s Garden’.

There, several reporters were gathered.

Because they had received a tip.

—Hello. This is Hunter Broadcasting Station.

—Ah, I have a tip about a dungeon.

—We don’t accept dungeon tips.

—I took a picture of Baek Seung-woo entering the dungeon.

—Where is it?

Baek Seung-woo was the biggest topic these days.

A hero who saved students from the Seven Stars Academy attack.

But scandals that were inversely proportional to him.

Regardless of the truth of the scandals, reporters could write sensational articles if they used Baek Seung-woo.

The position of head of the Cheonho Baekga clan also had a significant impact.

A high-ranking aristocrat who would not normally have much opportunity to meet.

To be able to write sensational articles about such an aristocrat.

Moreover, since Cheonho Baekga did not impose any restrictions on the media, the articles were constantly sensationalized.

And now, there was an opportunity to write a follow-up article about Baek Seung-woo?

It was a golden opportunity that reporters could never miss.

“Senior, aren’t those guys from Guicheol Broadcasting Station?”

“Let’s see. Ah, that’s right. Those guys smelled it and came too.”

“Aish, at this rate, we won’t even be able to break the news, let alone get an exclusive.”

Clearly, they were the ones who received the tip.

But several prominent newspapers and media outlets dispatched reporters, having smelled the scoop from somewhere.

This was a common occurrence in modern society.

Originally, tips are not only delivered to one newspaper or media outlet.

They tip simultaneously.

In the midst of this, speed is life.

Due to the nature of the players who entered the dungeon, they had no choice but to wait indefinitely, as they didn’t know when they would come out.

In the meantime, other reporters were also arriving one after another, making it even more difficult to get an exclusive.

“Still, we were the first to arrive and secured a good spot.”

“Well, all the front seats are occupied by our cameras. But it’s still a shame.”

“This is how this market is. Waiting is the only aesthetic.”

“That saying…… is similar to my father, who likes fishing.”

Originally, you have to wait in life.

In that sense, journalistic activities and fishing were similar.

You have to be quick when catching a scoop, and you have to be patient when waiting in a dungeon.

“Of course, journalistic activities and fishing are completely unrelated activities.”

“Why? I think the two are similar.”

“That’s because you go fishing every weekend, senior.”

The senior reporter shook his head at his junior’s immature words.

“It’s surprisingly similar. Fishing waits to catch a big fish, but we wait to take a scoop. Even the location is good.”

“Efnell’s Garden……. I didn’t think there would be any more players entering.”

One of the three major uncaptured dungeons in Korea.

‘Efnell’s Garden’, famous for being the easiest of them.

Several guilds attempted to capture it, but no one succeeded.

Even the Nine Tails Guild, one of the few S-class guilds in Korea, gave up.

There was no need to mention what other guilds or players were like.

“They didn’t go in to clear it, did they?”

“Of course not. An uncaptured dungeon is an uncaptured dungeon for a reason. They were trying to divert attention from the media, but they got caught.”

“But we caught them by the tail.”

Among the reporters standing here, not a single person thought that Baek Seung-woo had cleared the dungeon.

That was a matter of course.

Even though he caught the culprit of the attack, his skills were not the focus of public attention.

The public opinion and attention towards Baek Seung-woo are now largely divided into two categories.

The first is to see him as a hero who saved students.

The second is about the types of scandals surrounding him and how malicious his actions were.

Of course, people were more interested in the latter than the former.

Sensational rumors are more interesting than trivial hero worship.

And if you dig up his scandals one by one, you can’t possibly think that Baek Seung-woo cleared Efnell’s Garden.

At the very moment when everyone had a negative thought about clearing the dungeon.

The faces of the reporters who were filming the entrance stiffened.

“Hey, hey, what’s that?”

“The distortion of the dungeon. Could it be a dungeon break?!”

“Hey, you idiot. The entrance turns red before a dungeon break occurs! That just means they cleared the dungeon.”

“They cleared Efnell’s Garden……?”

“Exclusive…… it’s an exclusive!”

“Turn on all the cameras you turned off!”

The reporters waiting at the entrance all picked up their cameras.

If they didn’t have a camera, they picked up their cell phones.

As everyone held their breath and waited.

One foot crossed over from beyond the space.

Click, click!

The sound of shutters being pressed echoed all around.

However, that sound did not last long.

Because the person captured in the camera was not the person the reporters wanted.

He was too short to be Baek Seung-woo.

“Who is it……?”

“That uniform! It’s the uniform of Seven Stars Academy!”

“Look at the embroidery on his chest. That color was definitely for the first graders, right?”

“But why is an academy student coming out of the dungeon?”

“Don’t you know that? Since Baek Seung-woo is a teaching assistant, he must have seduced a student and brought him along.”

The reporters were convinced in their own way.

On the other hand, Lee-ji’s head went blank.

Dozens of cameras and gazes towards him. If you add the cell phones, it would be well over a hundred.

He turned his head back, wondering what the situation was, and realized the reason.

‘The teacher cleared the dungeon!’

‘Efnell’s Garden’, which was considered impregnable.

To clear an uncaptured dungeon that was also called the shame of Korea, a powerhouse of players.

With such an achievement, this spotlight was understandable.

But suddenly, one question came to mind.

‘The teacher wouldn’t have called the reporters. Why are there so many reporters here?’

The public opinion towards Baek Seung-woo is not very good right now.

Lee-ji, who watched Baek Seung-woo running around in the academy that day from afar, did not listen to such rumors.

He had his own beliefs, skills, and wisdom that he had seen with his own eyes.

He was truly a person who deserved to be called a teacher.

But the public’s view is not the same.

Baek Seung-woo, who knows that fact well, would not have gathered reporters.

Then the culprit is determined.

‘Is it the people who were hunting and gathering in the dungeon?’

Seeing the Gu poison that had grown as huge as a mountain, many players ran away.

There was a high possibility that those people had reported it.

“You! You’re a student of Seven Stars Academy, right?”

“Did you enter the dungeon with Baek Seung-woo? If so, what was the reason for entering together?”

“If you saw the method of clearing Efnell’s Garden, which is famous as one of the three major uncaptured dungeons in Korea, what was that method?”

Lee-ji, who was listening to the reporters’ questions, turned his head and decided not to answer the questions.

The image of the reporters rudely asking questions to the students who were traumatized by the attack was still in Lee-ji’s mind.

“I’m sorry, but I won’t answer any questions…….”

Suddenly, one thought flashed through his mind.

Lee-ji looked at hundreds of cameras and thought.

‘If I do this well, I can cover up the teacher’s scandals?’

It was a good opportunity.

A situation where the spotlight is so focused is rare.

If he did well, it was a golden opportunity to cover up the rumors about the teacher with achievements.

“Do you really want to know how to clear the dungeon?”

At those words, the reporters leaned forward.

The cameras flashed and took pictures of Lee-ji.

“Do you know about the method of clearing Efnell’s Garden?!”

“There was a report that Baek Seung-woo, the head of Cheonho Baekga, entered the dungeon. Is it certain that he cleared it?!”

“What did the boss monster look like? Was it a plant-type monster that most players expected?!”

Lee-ji answered the questions of the excited reporters one by one.

Each of his answers was enough to be a scoop.

But the Baek Seung-woo praise-like words mixed in the middle were a bit annoying.

Nevertheless, Lee-ji’s words were worth reporting as breaking news, so the report spread quickly.

Meanwhile, there was one sign of life coming out of the dungeon.

Seung-woo tilted his head, looking at the reporters and Lee-ji.

The tail also tilted its head.

“What are those guys doing?”

He didn’t even know that he was being interviewed.

He called a taxi and went to the city center.

Coincidentally, he met the old man who gave him a ride again and boasted that he had cleared the dungeon. For reference, Sim-yeong grabbed his crotch and slipped away through the shadows.

New owner or not, he had to take action before the wound got any worse.

Of course, that wouldn’t bring back what was lost.